Dating

Ah, honestly? I felt pretty desperate while single. As in, back when I had never had a boyfriend, I was pretty chill and didn't worry about dating at all, but after I got my ex, I got suuuuuuuuper depressive and needed lots of help from family and friends to get up, and still felt quite bad and kept on loving him for some good 18 months, it was on......   reply

I think this is more of an issue when you live alone and have no hobbies to keep you busy. I live with my family and have other family come visit often. I don't really get lonely with them around, even if everyone has a SO. Not to mention my 5 cats and 2 dogs. Like other people have said, I just don't think about it. It's not a priority in my life.......   reply

I do want to try dating, but I'm not really social, don't know many guys and I've never even had a crush.....so I basically dig deep into mangaland   reply

I don't know if maybe I'm just too simple minded, but I've never really worried about dating. If I like someone I just say it 'Cause I think it's unfair to the other part when you don't tell the person how you feel and it's troblesome for myself. If I get rejected, I don't really mind. Let's just try again, headuplikemybutt. But yes, sometimes I ge......   reply

Let me start from the beginning. The summer before I was a freshman in High School I started talking to this guy on MySpace. I'm 22 so a lot of you might not know about that. It was like an old Facebook mixed with Tumblr. Anyways, I talked to him because I was hurt. My ex had just broken up with me to go out with this girl and that guy was friends ......   reply

I've never dated before, so I don't actually have that "black hole"- wait I kinda do actually, after reading all the lovey-dovey mangas I get a bit lonely. But it doesn't matter when I'm with my friends. My friends fill that black hole and I'm happy and content. And drinking is a no-go for me, I get even more touchy-feely and lonely after drinki......   2 reply

getting drunk doesn't count? that's not fair but ok i get lonely but then i hang out with people and that reminds me people are terrible and being alone is great also fiction. reading and writing it. ...while drinking   reply

The thing is I don't think about it. So there is really no need to handle it. I mingle (aka flirt) when I feel like it. I do what I want. Well maybe it's probably because I don't equate being single with being lonely and being in a relationship with pure bliss.   reply

How do I handle it? I drown myself in manga! I was in a relationship for such a long time and then it suddenly ended. The hardest part was sleeping alone. When you are lying in bed at night with nothing to distract you, it's pretty hard to endure. So, yea. I recommend drowning in manga.   reply

Well, I've yet to not be single so I can't really say there's a big empty space in my heart. I also don't have a single non-blood-related human being that I am close with, which also does not bother me at all. I simply live my life with minimal interaction - when not working, I exercise, read books, write poetry, and translate Latin. Edit 3 years ......   1 reply